Monica KerriganRowan UniversityE-mail AuthorMONICA REID KERRIGAN is an associate professor of educational leadership at Rowan University. Her research focuses on social and institutional inequities that influence students’ movement through higher education and into the labor market. Her publications include a chapter in the Handbook of Higher Education Research and Theory as well as articles in journals such as the Journal of Mixed Methods Research and the Journal of Community College Research and Planning. She is currently the Principal Investigator of an evaluation of programs designed to support access to college for the youth of Salem City, NJ, funded by the Forman S. Acton Educational Foundation.

Stephanie LezotteRowan UniversityE-mail AuthorSTEPHANIE LEZOTTE is a doctoral student pursuing a Ph.D. in Education at Rowan University, with a specialization in postsecondary education. She is interested in organizational theory, particularly structures that perpetuate inequity and victimization. Her current projects include assisting in an National Science Foundation funded diversity climate study of Rowan’s College of Engineering and evaluating an instrument that measures students’ perceptions of scientists. She has worked in both instructional and administrative postsecondary roles.